Biosocial Perspectives on Children

Childhood is a uniquely human life-stage and is both a biological phenomenon and a social construct. Research on children is currently of wide-ranging interest. This book presents reviews of childhood from four major areas of interest - human evolution sociology/social anthropology bio-medical anthropology and developmental psychology - to form a biosocial cross-cultural understanding of childhood. The book places a strong emphasis on how childhood varies from culture to culture offering examples from developed and developing countries as well as from other animal species. It will be of interest to students and scholars within the fields of human biology anthropology sociology health studies and developmental psychology. Language: English